chroot installation on live system + podcast of Jeff Waugh

[Hodgins Family]

Good afternoon!

1)
>> Is it possible to install Ubuntu onto a live running system.  I know
>> that Gentoo permits something like this
 <snip>
>>Can the same be done with
>> Ubuntu?   I have an old SuSE 6.3 system that I would like to upgrade.

 2)
> Check out the installation from hard disk.
 <snip>
> I've done it a few times like this.  You put a kernel and initrd on your
> hard disk and use the current boot loader to boot them.  I've only used

3)
> If you want a really scary installation, I know of someone who,
> from a Debian system, (this is on a remote colocated server over
> ssh), installed Gentoo under a chroot, and configured it.  Then he
> rsyncd the chroot directory to / and rebooted.  Amazingly, it worked.
> I'd've never of thought of it!

I never cease to be amazed at the number of methods people have used for 
installing Linux (and I am, of course, in complete awe of the Linux Gods and 
Goddesses with All Power who Make it Happen).

Rob